Carlyle Hotel

Carlyle Hotel
The hotel's Madison Avenue facade in 2009
General information
Location	35 East 76th Street Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Coordinates	40°46′28″N 73°57′48″W / 40.7744°N 73.9633°W / 40.7744; -73.9633
Opened	1930
Owner	Rosewood Hotels & Resorts (hotel rooms), co-op owners (apartments)
Height	426 ft (130 m)
Technical details
Floor count	35[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Sylvan Bien and Harry M. Prince; Dorothy Draper (interiors)
Other information
Number of rooms	190 (+ 60 privately owned residences)
Number of restaurants	Cafe Carlyle Bemelmans Bar Carlyle Restaurant
Website
thecarlyle.com

The Carlyle Hotel (branded as The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel) is a luxury apartment hotel on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, The hotel is located at 35 East 76th Street, on the eastern side of Madison Avenue between 76th and 77th streets. Opened in 1930, the hotel was designed in the Art Deco style by Sylvan Bien and Harry M. Prince, with interiors designed by Dorothy Draper, and was named after Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle. The Carlyle has approximately 190 hotel rooms and suites, in addition to 60 cooperative residences.

The Carlyle was built by Moses Ginsberg, the maternal grandfather of the novelist Rona Jaffe, starting in 1928. Within two years of the hotel's opening, Ginsberg had lost the hotel to foreclosure, and the Lyleson Corporation took over operation. Robert W. Dowling took over the hotel in 1944 and added entertainment venues, including the Bemelmans Bar in 1947 and the Cafe Carlyle in 1955. The partnership of Jerome L. Greene, Norman L. Peck, and Peter Jay Sharp bought the Carlyle in 1967 and converted it into a housing cooperative two years later. Rosewood Hotels & Resorts has owned the hotel since 2001.

The Carlyle is 426 feet (130 m) tall and consists of a 40-story tower to the south and a 14-story apartment building to the north. Draper designed the original main lobby, which connects with an elevator lobby. The lower stories also include a spa and stores, as well as dining areas like the Cafe Carlyle, Bemelmans Bar, and Dowling's restaurant. The hotel rooms and suites on the Carlyle Hotel's upper stories are designed in a variety of styles, with multiple layouts. Some of the apartments on the upper stories are leased to residents on a long-term basis, while residents own other apartments. The hotel's Cafe Carlyle has featured several well-known jazz performers, including George Feyer and Bobby Short, while the Bemelmans Bar's performers have included Barbara Carroll. Over the years, the Carlyle Hotel has been frequented by celebrities, politicians, and royalty. The Carlyle has received much commentary not only on its culture, but also on the architecture and hotel rooms, and it has frequently ranked among New York City's best hotels.